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How to Play The Humours Of Castle Bernard on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Advanced

The Humours Of Castle Bernard is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (416 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Humours Of Castle Bernard start F# E D F# A D D F# A D F# A… Full sequence below.

The interactive sheet music shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Play this tune to play along while the app listens to your microphone and grades every note, or print a clean copy of the score.

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Tin whistle notes

On a D tin whistle, play The Humours Of Castle Bernard with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

F# E D F# A D D F# A D F# A F# B F# A G F# E D F# A D D F# A D F# E F# E D C# B A G F# E C# D E F# G E C# A D C# D E F# D E F# G F# G A B A G F# E F# D C# D B A A B C# D E F# G E C# A D C# D E F# D E F# G B A G F# E D E D C# D F# E C# D E D D F# E C# D F# E

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:3823
T:The Humours Of Castle Bernard
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
fe|:dfAd (3DFA df|afbf agfe|dfAd (3DFA df|(3efe (3dcB Agfe|! dfAd (3DFA df|afbf agfe|d^def (3gec (3ABc|1 dfec d2 fe:|2 dfec d2 ed||! cdef gecA|dcde fdef|gfga bagf|(3efd (3cdB A2 AB|! cdef gecA|dcde fdef|gbag (3fed (3edc|1 dfec d2 ed:|2 dfec d2 fe||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/3823 setting 3823

Fingering chart

The Humours Of Castle Bernard uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
F#5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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